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If you're looking for a simple way to give your garments a cleaner finish, you've come to the right place.

Overlapping seams are one of the easiest ways to ditch the boring straight stitch and go for something with a bit more style and class.

But here's the thing:

If you make a mistake, even just one of the small details, you could end up with a stitch that puckers, is misaligned, comes undone, or just looks completely homemade.

That's why in this article, we'll go over how to sew overlapping seams in just 4 steps, how to deal with common problems, projects that use overlapping seams, and also answer a few frequently asked questions.

Let's dive in. 

​It's here! The first Sew Confident! tutorial of 2017, the San Diego Bomber. If you haven't used our Sew Confident! tutorials before, they are our monthly digital tutorials that can be subscribed to by the year, or bought individually as they are released (a first for 2017!). This year our theme is Variations With Verve and each month we will be sharing techniques for customizing patterns for your unique style, To kick off the year, Erin demonstrates how she transformed our San Diego pattern into this on-trend bomber jacket.